Boy, you gotta do some digging in here to find this show. I bought the official although truncated Hundred Year Hall back when it was released, and knew the rest of the show had to be as good. Is it ever!! And this is the version you want to DL. The sound is excellent and the playing stellar throughout. Why this isn't in the top viewed shows for the whole Dead catalog, let alone 1972, is beyond me. I know the usual theories...the quality of auds and quantity of both soundboards and auds for Europe '72 just isn't there for obvious reasons, and yeah the setlist mistakes and order of not just this show but some of the others from this tour are just off, but still. This show is a MONSTER! A 20 song first set! An amazing 2nd set, the jewel of which is not the 36 minute Comes A Time, lol, but the 36 minute Other One that never loses its way. If I wanted to turn someone on the the Dead this might very well be the show I'd play for them (but that may be because Europe '72 is the first Dead record that got me).

Adding to jbsbmt - August 31, 2021 comments:

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best show i have EVER heard and i have recorded 1100 shows.

everything is a highlight.
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Not the longest Lovelight but very tight.
This would seem to be the most complete copy available to date of this show on the archive
(and somehow O.K. to download)
Perhaps the mix-up in song order keeps some from this show, but this is the real deal.
Note:Timings of songs is mislabeled
BUT- This is FREAKIN' HOT!!!
Highly Recommend this show..

The euro tour is special in every context. It's a special place for the band; one they never played at again. so the performance follows that rationale. They gratefully give us their best, because they had one shot at it.

It's also an anomaly. The dead are worldly, intelligent and non discriminating, but they are an American band. There is an unavoidable sense of patriotism in it, even if it's not the usual toxic xenophobia that parades as patriotism most often.

Finding a euro deadhead is tough these days. to have them all in one place for a few concerts every 40 years is special. it brings that sense of a whole continent being a family, or at least a half of it being a family. To feel that in itself is very special in Europe; Europe, where the fragmentation between people in these tiny "1 hour drive across nations" puts our lofty dreams of being more than animals in check.

So when you get freedom of sound, substance, friendshid and unity among not just nationalities, but species, you glimpse the ultimate goal of growing sentience: freedom, peace and longevity for as many life forms as possible. the dead cover 2 of those directly, and one indirectly. How do you kindle hope within yourself after a 40 hour week when in debt and facing jail time for smiling on a cloudy day?

Bring on the euro 2019 tour for a fresh dose of that Dead magic. The world needs it, We need it; I need it.

Classic show. Perfect example of the beauty of Europe '72. Great quality in sound and music, LOVE IT!

This is a really stellar show.awesome set list.

I Know You Rider is as good as any.

This amazing performance is possibly the finest of Euro '72, though there are several other contenders including 4-14, 5-11, and 5-26. The whole show is great, and has long been a favorite of mine ever since its partial release on Hundred Year Hall. But the second set jam suite is, much like most of the tour, the highlight here.

Truckin kicks off this suite in great fashion, with an amazingly high energy jam with plenty of jazzy Other One teases. This is probably the best version of the tour imo. After a brief drums the band launch into an absolutely legendary Other One that is so in the zone it has to be heard to be believed. It's always hard to pick "best" versions of Dead jams, but dare I say that this Other One is not only likely the best of the tour, but possibly the best of all time. The band is just locked in perfectly, Garcia especially weaving some serious magic. There are more than a few hints at a thematic jam (possibly Feelin' Groovy) before things quite down and get spacey after the verse. Phil starts up a great theme that sounds very much like the band's performances of Clementine from 1968. From here, things start to get pretty hairy, building up to a wildly intense Tiger, with Jerry shredding and Bobby throwing out Spanish jam teases underneath the wash of sound. The final 8 minutes many be the best part, however, as Garcia and company wind through a spellbinding jazz jam that flows and builds with jaw-dropping intensity, as the band comes crashing into the second verses. WOW!!!

Things come back to earth with a contemplative Comes a Time, and Bob and Jerry rock out hard on Sugar Magnolia. But this set is still not over, with an epically jammed, bluesy Lovelight and great versions of GDTRFB and OMSN to end this legendary show, which gets my highest possible recommendation